JIM WELLER wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

shrinking permafrost ...
As they slowly melt the mud jackers fill the void.

I assume they are using some form of plastic - which may cause
other problems down the road.

Yeah, in the old days they used a mud-like mixture of soil, lime-
stone and cement, and forced it through holes in the slab using
enough hydraulic pressure to raise and level the slab. Hence the
name mudjacking.

Today they use quickly expanding rigid foam. They shoot two
chemicals through the slab which quickly react with each other to
make a quick drying, very rigid foam that fills air holes, displaces
water and is strong enough to lift the slab (and the building on top
of the slab). They can even run it in narrow strips to lift a
foundation wall. It is more properly called slab jacking or foam
jacking. The foam is called polyurethane and it's a polymer. The
two starter chemicals are monomers called isocyanate and polyol.
Every jacking contractor has its own proprietory secret formula.

PU is pretty inert and remains buried so it isn't a future hazard.

Polyurethane is a plastic that I'm somewhat familiar with.

Buildings sitting on really bad soil structures may need repeat
treatments every decade of so.

Loblaws also owns Shoppers Drug Mart now

They sure sound like the 800# gorilla, though.

They are. Our anti-combines people barely allowed the merger and
imposed all sorts of conditions.

Sorta like Farcebook (now Meta)

by comparison shopping I've learned that Amazon is not always
the lowest price.

That's been my observation too. Roslind uses it for speciality
textbooks not otherwise available.

we also have a (non-practising) Mennonite BIL

in this area / Most are Lutherans ... but not all. There are Roman Catholics, etc.

Ours are either Amish-like Mennonites or randy, whisky swilling
heathens. No middle ground.

Mennonite - Amish with a car. Bv)=

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Title: Amish Pork Chops
Categories: Five, Pork, Vegetables, Soups
Yield: 6 Servings

6 (8-10 oz) center cut pork
- chops; bones optional
1 c Ketchup
1/2 c Chopped onion
10 3/4 oz Can cream of mushroom soup
1 tb Worcestershire sauce

Place uncooked pork chops in baking dish. Combine soup,
ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, and chopped onions. Mix
all together and pour over chops.

Bake, covered, for 1 1/4 hours. Remove, cover, and bake
1/2 hour longer or until tender.

RECIPE FROM: http://www.cooks.com

Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen

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Title: Old Recipe Rhubarb Jam
Categories: Five, Jam/jelly, Fruits, Nuts, Citrus
Yield: 12 Pints

15 c Rhubarb; cut up
14 c Sugar
8 Oranges
1 c Walnuts

Put oranges through food chopper. Put sugar and
oranges over rhubarb and let soak overnight. Next
morning cook slowly for 1 1/2 hours. Add walnuts and
put in hot jars.

This makes 5 to 6 quarts (5 to 6 liters).

This recipe is about 50 years old.

Source: The Recipe Book Committee of the Mennonite
Traditional Cooks publication of "GRANDMA'S COOKING"

From: http://www.recipesource.com

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